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Recent stabbing in Hunters Woods area of Reston under investigation

Two men were injured in a stabbing earlier this month in the Hunters Woods area of Reston, police say.

Officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Colts Neck Road on June 8 shortly after 7 p.m. for the reported stabbing, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.

Video posted online of the emergency response to the incident by Northern Virginia Police Cars, a professional public safety photographer, shows about a dozen police cars lined up on Colts Neck Road, along with a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue ambulance pulling away from the curb near the Hunters Woods at Trail Edge assisted living facility.

“There were easily a dozen police cars there and the whole area was roped off with police tape including the underpass where the trail goes under the road,” a reader who was passing through the area at the time told FFXnow.

Upon arriving at the scene, officers found an adult man with a stab wound to the arm, the FCPD says. A second man later showed up at a local hospital with a stab wound to his upper body, apparently stemming from the same incident.

In both cases, the injuries were determined to be not life-threatening.

“Preliminary investigation indicates the individuals involved are known to one another, and this appears to be an isolated incident,” the FCPD said in a statement to FFXnow. “Detectives are working to identify and locate a person of interest.”

An investigation into the stabbing remains underway.

About the Author

  • Angela Woolsey is the site editor for FFXnow. A graduate of George Mason University, she worked as a general assignment reporter for the Fairfax County Times before joining Local News Now as the Tysons Reporter editor in 2020.